Sanskrit Terms Flashcards by Penny Sima

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Hasta

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Hand

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Bhuja

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Arm or Shoulder

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Pada

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Foot or leg

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Griva

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Neck

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Ardha

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Half

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Paschima

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Back side of body

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Purva

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Front side of body

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Uttitha

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Raised up or extended

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Guna

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Three prime qualities of nature

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Ustrasana

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Camel pose

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Shalabasana

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Backbend

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Baddha

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Yogic locks

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Manas

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Sensory aspect of the mind

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Ahamkara

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Egoity

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Buddhi

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Seat of intelligence

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Viveka

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Discernment or discrimination

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Chitta

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Deepest level of the mind

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Chit

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Superconscious ultimate reality

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Vrittis

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Fluctuations of the mind

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Sukha

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Happiness or bliss

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Dukha

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pain, sorrow, grief

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Sthira

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Steady

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Samskara

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Subconscious imprint

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Klesha

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Mode of suffering

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Yama

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Yogic values and principles of social conduct

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Niyama

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Yogic values and principles personal behavior

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Pranayama

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Breath extension

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Pratyhara

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Independence from sensory stimuli

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Dharana

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Concentration

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Dhyana

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Meditation

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Samadhi

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Absorption

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Samyama

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Combined application of Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi

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Ashtanga

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Eightfold yoga of Patajali

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Nirodha

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Restraint, suppression

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Ekagrata

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One pointedness

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Bhoga

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Enjoyment, object of pleasure

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Roga

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Yoga for runners

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Pakriti

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Procreation

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Purusha

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Pure consciousness

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Atman

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True self consciousness

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Brahman

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Infinite consciousness

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Vishu

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Equal

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Shiva

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Supreme being, pure consciousness

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Shakti

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Mother goddess, energy life force

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Vayu

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Vital air current, wind

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Dosha

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Bio energy center in Ayurveda medicine

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Parvritti

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Path of action, path toward external world

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Parsva

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Side flank, lateral

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Viparita

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Inverted

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Pida

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Pain, suffering, pressure

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Prasarita

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Spread out, stretched out

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Supta

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Sleeping

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Eka

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One, single

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Dwi

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Two, both

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Surya

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Sun

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Chandra

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Moon

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Hatha

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Tantric school of yoga

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Sama

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Same, equal

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Visama

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Odd

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Kumbhaka

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Time before or after inhalation or exhalation

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Rechaka

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Exhalation

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Puraka

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Inhalation

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So

A

Him, inhalation mantra

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Ham

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I, exhalation mantra

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Bhedana

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Piercing, breaking through, passing through

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Purusha

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Soul

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Prakriti

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Natural State

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Rajasic

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Astrial Body

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Safic

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Causal Body

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Sukasana

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Easy seated pose

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Vajrasana

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Thunderbolt